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#176 Poppy Jamie: On Being Happy, Not Perfect

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emma gannon

Authors, Wellbeing, Arts, Books, Social Media, Creativity

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2019

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

My guest today is the brilliant Poppy Jamie, a wellbeing entrepreneur, TED speaker and founder of two popular brands Happy Not Perfect and Pop & Suki. This episode was recorded LIVE in London as part of #HereForYouLive with Twinings to celebrate the Twinings SUPERBLENDS range. I’m so pleased to be partnering with Twinings, my favourite tea brand! Thank you to everyone who attended the live event #HereForYou LIVE on 21st Jan in London’s Marylebone, and for contributing to the Q&A. I had a wonderful time and hope you did too. In this episode we discuss mental wellbeing, the power of small breaks, how to deal with Internet overwhelm and how to stay more grounded and grateful each day, with lots of practical tips from Poppy. Hope you enjoy this episode. *This episode is sponsored by

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0:00.0

Hello everyone. Thank you for being here and staying for my one which is I know last on the list.

0:16.0

Yes, this is a special live edition of Control-Alt Delete which I've been doing for three years

0:21.0

which is kind of mad so what a lovely way to celebrate with all of you.

0:26.3

So my podcast is all about social media, the internet, creativity and how those two kind of interact.

0:34.0

So how do we get anything done when we're addicted to our phones and laptops?

0:38.0

And it started off as a really positive podcast, which it still is in many ways,

0:42.0

but it's actually turned into a well-being and

0:45.1

mental health podcast I find because you can't talk about modern life without

0:49.7

talking about mental well-being. So in collaboration with Twynings today, which I'm very

0:54.6

excited to partner with because I love tea, I'm trying to say this is a

0:58.7

straight face, but a cup of tea I don't think is just a cup of tea. I don't know

1:02.4

if any of you here know the

1:03.8

Katlan-RAN quote which is nine times out of ten you're not having a nervous breakdown

1:08.4

you just need a cup of tea in a biscuit because that should be step one just go and have a cup of tea and five minutes to

1:14.4

yourself and today really is about taking small steps to feeling better it's about

1:19.6

taking more time for yourself it's about positivity and taking things slowly. So very much

1:25.9

on brand for the podcast. So the tea that I've been paired with is the Energized tea

1:32.1

which is about energy and I think, I don't know about you, but I need it in January if I'm being honest.

1:39.0

So it's got Vitamin B6 contributes to energy yielding metabolism which just means it gives you a bit more of a pet and I'm all about that

1:48.0

So on to my amazing guest who when I thought about energy and energetic behaviors I thought of you.

1:56.0

Oh, so Poppy Jamie everyone, let's do a round of applause.

2:00.0

So Poppy is a well-being entrepreneur, founder of Happy Not Perfect, an app also the

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